Turnbull said that as a result, he was updating the ministerial code as of today to make it a breach to have such a sexual relationship.

The opposition Labor Party had hoped disaffected lawmakers in Barnaby Joyce's own Nationals party would back their motion, but coalition lawmakers in the House of Representatives held firm and defeated it 73 to 70.

Mr Dreyfus said the deputy prime minister attended the $5000 event hosted by the hotel, but again Mr Joyce rejected any knowledge.

"Ministers should be very conscious that their spouses and children sacrifice a great deal so they can carry on their political career and their families deserve honour and respect", he said.

"Ministers must behave accordingly".

Ms. McGowan said Thursday that although she welcomed the prime minister's announcement, the government should consider a code of conduct for all those who work in Parliament.

Labor says Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has questions to answer about $5000 of taxpayers' money being paid to a friend's business.

"The real issue is the awful hurt and humiliation that Barnaby, by his conduct, has visited upon his wife, Natalie, and their daughters and, indeed, his new partner, Barnaby made a shocking error of judgement", Mr Turnbull said.

Mr Turnbull revealed a re-write of the ministerial code to ban sexual relationships between his ministers and their staff, and slammed Mr Joyce for his "shocking error of judgement".

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Mr Joyce declared the townhouse rent on his members' interests register even though he said he did not need to do so.

Announcing he was changing ministerial standards to ban ministers from having sexual relations with their staff, a solemn Mr Turnbull conceded if Mr Joyce had done "what he did a year ago tomorrow or today he would be in breach of the code".

"If people believe that Barnaby Joyce has broken the law, then lay charges". He's a hardened battler who normally revels in the noisy confrontation of politics.

With the storm around him showing no sign of slowing, Mr Joyce will hope his impromptu holiday can somehow calm matters.

But his opponents are unlikely to stop sniping, just because he's taken cover. No permission was sought for Ms Campion.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, as deputy Liberal leader, would normally step in if Joyce was unavailable.

Plus, as a Korean-American athlete, she wants to represent both her parents' culture and her own to the best of her ability. She secured her spot with a strong second run that had flawless pacing and control in the halfpipe at Phoenix Snow Park.

The U.S. doubled up Slovenia in shots after two but couldn't pull away and increase its margin of error. Jordan Greenway scored to help the US take a two-goal lead more than halfway through the second period.

The storage is now 64GB, compared to the earlier 32GB, though it is still expandable to another 128GB via a microSD card slot. While it comes with the Dolby Atmos, the smartphone creates powerful moving audio that seems to flow all around users.

South Indian Bank (down 0.18 per cent) was the only stock in the Nifty Private Bank index that was slightly down around that time. Similarly, the wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange declined by 38.85 points or 0.37 per cent to 10,500.90 points.

The Federal Reserve were hoping the inflation rate stayed above 2.0% and in the last few months that has been the case. The Retail Prices Index (RPI), a separate measure of inflation, edged lower to 4.0% last month from 4.1% in December.

According to the TASS news agency, it was put out service for two years due to parts shortage, before resuming operations in 2015. At least eight passengers were from other parts of Russian Federation , and four of the crew were from Saratov.

But if you spent the evening watching Married At First Sight alone in your pyjamas, it could have made things much , much worse. He spoke earnestly of his initial confusion about the tradition of official portraits as he, like his wife , is new to it.

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